It didn't take long for the treacherous track conditions at Kansas Speedway to claim its first victims.

Danica Patrick lost control of her car and spun on Lap 1, collecting the cars of David Reutimann and Cole Whitt.

Chase contender Kyle Busch, who had to start at the rear of the field, swerved off the track to miss the crash and appeared to suffer damage to his car. He pitted for his crew to assess the damage and quickly returned to the track, however, with no problems.

Patrick, who started 29th in a pink breast cancer awareness car, had no explanation for the crash.

"I knew that losing grip was not going to be that hard to do," Patrick said. "I said before the race, make sure who is on my door and who is behind me. I knew all that was going to be happening on the start.

"All I can say is, I didn't try to do anything. I just found myself sideways in the middle of the corner and that was it."

Patrick had run well in practice and was hoping for a solid run in what has been a terrible rookie season.

"It's a shame," she said. "This weekend things seemed to be going better and I had a lot of people say, 'You looked good in practice yesterday,' and it did feel better. ... Things just go wrong. ... If I did something wrong, I apologize to everybody on my team. It's a shame."

Patrick entered the race 28th in the Sprint Cup standings and suffered her 16th finish of 29th or worse. It was the fifth time this year that she has crashed out of an event.

"I'm really sorry. I'm really bummed," she said. "I just was looking forward to having a good day and it's over with within a matter of feet."